4 EASY GUIDE TO MESMERISM
same time, I have always known and recognised the
influence of other agents or secondary causes, such as
weariness of flesh and spirit, suggestion and imagina-
tion, made so much of now-a-days by hypnotists.
These powers then, which medical men and
others are beginning to realise can be exercised
effectively, and with good and evil results, should as
far as possible be kept out of the hands of inex-
perienced novices and unscrupulous operators.
Whether this can be done, legally or otherwise, it is
difficult to say. The best course for all who read this
book, is to be careful, "How to mesmerize/* and by
whom they are mesmerized."
To alleviate pain and suffering, to cure others of
diseases and ailments without drugs or the surgeon's
knife, is to engage in work evoking the keenest
human sympathy. Here is one of the noblest callings
to which human kind can devote its energies—a
work of sympathy, love and devotion to our fellow
mortals and that science is Mesmerism and Hyp-
notism; by its influence you can cure diseases and
extend powerful influence over the mind of others
without their knowledge.
This book is now left to tell its own tale and,
with all its faults, it may repay careful perusal